NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Redwood Falls, MN
Every tropical system within 75 miles since 1851 and every tornado within 25 miles since 1950.
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
No tropical storm or hurricane has passed within 75 miles of Redwood Falls, Minnesota since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 60 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 2 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 60
- EF3 or stronger
- 2
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
1 deaths in all
What the records show for Redwood Falls
The highest rating among the 60 tornadoes within 25 miles is F3, reached 2 times; the most recent, on June 16, 1992, came within 18 miles. The deadliest, an F1 on August 4, 1958, killed 1 person. Of the 60, 8 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 22 have come since 2000. June has had the most tornadoes, 34. The most recent tornado was on June 2, 2024. Of the 341 Minnesota cities on this site, 76% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Redwood Falls. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 38 times since 1958, with stones up to 2 inches (hen egg size). Of the 341 Minnesota cities, 93% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Redwood Falls.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Redwood Falls
By decade
- 2020s6
- 2010s7
- 2000s9
- 1990s20(2 EF3+)
- 1980s9
- 1970s3
- 1960s3
- 1950s3
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 1992 | F3 | 3 mi | 13 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 16, 1992 | F3 | 18 mi | 16 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 16, 1992 | F2 | 13 mi | 2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 16, 1992 | F2 | 22 mi | 2.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 16, 1992 | F2 | 9 mi | 3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 16, 1992 | F2 | 8 mi | 5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 16, 1992 | F2 | 3 mi | 5.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 16, 1992 | F2 | 5 mi | 8 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 16, 1992 | F2 | 12 mi | 12 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 5, 1981 | F2 | 16 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 23, 1981 | F2 | 17 mi | 6.8 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 23, 1981 | F2 | 2 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 60, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Redwood Falls
The Storm Prediction Center has 38 hail reports within 10 miles of Redwood Falls since 1958, made on 27 separate days. Of these, 22 were 1 inch across or larger, and one reached 2 inches. The largest, 2 inches (hen egg size), fell on March 6, 2017. The most recent report is from July 10, 2024. June has the most reports, 15.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Redwood Falls
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Redwood Falls, MN, 2 miles east of Redwood Falls at 1,020 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 83°F and low of 61°F; January is the coolest, at 23°F and 4°F. June is the wettest at 5.0 inches of precipitation on average and January the driest at 0.7 inches; the year adds up to 30.9 inches over 55 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 15 days a year, almost all from May to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 163 nights a year. Snowfall averages 43.6 inches a year, most of it in December. That 30.9 inches is more than at 64 of the 124 Minnesota stations used on this site (52%). Olivia, 17 miles north, has its own station (Olivia 3E, MN): 27.9 inches a year, 3.0 less than here, and a July average high of 82°F against 83°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 23 | 4 | 0.7 | 2 | 7.1 |
| Feb | 28 | 8 | 0.9 | 2 | 9.3 |
| Mar | 40 | 21 | 1.6 | 4 | 8.9 |
| Apr | 56 | 34 | 2.9 | 6 | 3.9 |
| May | 69 | 46 | 4.1 | 8 | 0.1 |
| Jun | 79 | 57 | 5.0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 83 | 61 | 3.7 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 81 | 59 | 4.2 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 74 | 50 | 3.1 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 60 | 36 | 2.4 | 4 | 0.5 |
| Nov | 42 | 24 | 1.3 | 3 | 4.4 |
| Dec | 28 | 12 | 1.0 | 3 | 9.4 |
| Year | 55 | 34 | 30.9 | 55 | 43.6 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Redwood Falls, MN (1,020 ft), from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals. Normals describe the station; the farther a place is from it, and the bigger the difference in height, the more its weather can differ.
Floods, thunderstorm wind and lightning near Redwood Falls
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 70 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Redwood Falls: 42 thunderstorm wind reports, 16 heavy rain events, 7 flash floods and 5 floods. They killed 1 person and injured 0, and the NWS estimated $4.5 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 81 mph, on July 1, 2011. Of the 312 Minnesota cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 190 have had fewer than Redwood Falls.
September 15, 2019: flood in Redwood Falls — 1 killed.
NWS: “The local police department reported that an individual had disappeared in the Redwood River near the 100 block of West Bridge Street and was presumed dead from drowning.”
July 1, 2011: thunderstorm wind 6 miles from the centre of Redwood Falls — $2.5 million damage.
NWS: “A long-lived and complex storm moved into western Renville County around 346 PM CST, and caused considerable damage to outbuildings, a few homes, crops and trees across a wide area of the county.”
July 3, 2018: flash flood 5 miles from the centre of Redwood Falls — $500,000 damage.
NWS: “Numerous reports of flash flooding occurred across Redwood County from Belview in the far north, to Walnut Grove and Lamberton in the far south. The town of Wabasso had so much water that baseball fields were covered in a few inches of water.”
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, events whose starting point is on record, 1996 to June 30, 2026. Damage is the NWS estimate in the dollars of the year, not insured losses, and NWS notes that some reports are unverified.
Flood insurance claims, disaster declarations and FEMA risk ratings
Redwood County, which includes Redwood Falls, has been named in 21 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1965, 17 of them major disasters (by incident: 11 floods, 6 severe storms, 2 biological emergencies, 1 drought). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Storms and Flooding, on June 28, 2024. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Redwood County a Very Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for hail and strong wind; Relatively Low for tornadoes, inland flooding and heat waves; Very Low for lightning. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $11.5 million a year, the 53rd highest of 87 Minnesota counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $4.9 million (42%), is from inland flooding.
Claims: FEMA, OpenFEMA Dataset FIMA NFIP Redacted Claims – v3, summed over ZIP codes; payments in the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. Declarations: Disaster Declarations Summaries – v2, by county. Retrieved October 25, 2026. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
Risk ratings: FEMA, National Risk Index county table, December 2025 (v1.20), retrieved October 26, 2026; ratings compare counties nationwide, are meant for planning and are no substitute for a local risk assessment. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Risk Index dataset API or downloadable datasets but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
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